Really great viewing here. The moon is just coming out now a sliver of silver some blue some still red. Was amozing to see the milky way and dark sky and full moon. Through the scopes many stars could be seen right next to tle moon. Had a friend visit who isn't into astronomy he was really into it, looking through the scopes etc. A top night couldn't have been better here. Got a small white crescent now.

A great evening in suburban Sydney. People all over the street were out to observe the eclipse. It was a party atmosphere.

Already looking ahead to the next one in a few years time.

If you've taken some superb images, please send them in to me at Australian Sky & Telescope magazine (contributions@austskyandtel.com.au ). We'll be selecting a few to appear in the next issue (Nov/Dec).

We ended up eyeballing through the Vixen 30x125 giant binos and it was an awesome sight. Using both eyes enhanced an already 3-D looking Moon deep in totality whilst we watched stars suddenly appear at the limb, before they slowly drifted away - just fantastic!

No photos, but a lot of deep, memorable and lasting impressions of a spectacular event. My wife stayed outdoors for the entire session and we had a ball. I got the murmured seal of approval for all my previous astronomy purchases – “well worth the expense and effort dear, just to see the eclipse tonight”

ended up with a great view in geelong! the beggining was cloudy and we only saw through the gaps in the clouds, but it cleared just before totality. a friend came over to watch the eclipse. he described it as "what mars would look like close up" or even better "an orange getting peeled". after the height of the eclipse i moved the 'scope around to jupiter, then alpha centauri (but all he could see was a smudge). then we went back to the moon to watch the sunlight spread back across the surface.

Tragedies,
The latest issue of Sky and Telescope has an article that can answer your question.
The moon only "looks" large. Its an optical illusion.
You'll notice that it only happens when the moon is close to the horizon.

what a night! Really thought all day we'd miss out. But thankfully it was clear enough to see it from start to finish and really clear from mid eclipse. The camera's still downloading but I can't wait to see what we've got. I took some film shots and hopefully I'll get a couple of nice ones too.